[kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

[Brendan]

The only thing ominous about Pet Shop Boys is the feeling you have while
you're listening to them that somewhere between entering the shop and
coming out with a Pet Shop Boys CD, something went terribly, terribly
wrong ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RC0DdrHbGg



>> .. this template now, standard issue soft american rock....

>

> But notice how then they "man it up" by throwing in equally bland

> hiphop-ish

> beats to try to usurp that rogue/thug/black/"urban" mystique and feel,

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyr5_5l-w3I#t=0m31s (aptly named "faint.")

>  

> To all lyrics enthusiasts out there,

>   in EuropeanSuperState there's the line, "From the Baltic to the Straits

> of

> Gibraltar," which is similar to Pet Shop Boys' "From Lake Geneva to the

> Finland

> station" line from "West End Girls." 

> So, is this type of geo-graphical/-political reference or device common,

> and

> does it mean anything more than just referring to Europe in general? It

> seems

> that in both the above lines there's a bit of an ominous or portending

> quality

> to it.

>

>  

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>  

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>

>

> ________________________________

> From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>

> To: Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 12:03:38 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

> I just listened to Linkin Park for the first time.  There is this template

> now,

> standard issue soft american rock against the corporation system that

> produces

> stuff like that music?  Er...

>

>

> I am sure they are all nice boys.  Well done Karen!  

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: karen.weil at sddt.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:50:38 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

>

> HA! I won't buy one. ; )

>  

> k.w.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>>From: sade1

>>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>>Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:15 AM

>>Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>>

>>

>>Anyone seen the track listings on that new Lnkn.Pk. album?

>>

>>1.  Feeling Broke 2.  OMG. WtF?

>>3.  Medications

>>4.  Dire Glances

>>5.  Fright Time

>>6.  Outside Of Hate (I exist)

>>7.  More Remedies, Hurt that Various Regressed Emos Shun

>>9.  Laugh? I Nearly Was One.. (cd cover)

>>10. Emo-cracy

>> 

>>bonus track

>>Linkin Park 2003 (early unfinished demo track)

>> 

>> 

>> 

>>

> ________________________________

>

>>From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>

>>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 5:09:46 AM

>>Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>>

>>

>>Without a doubt. Their place is reserved in Hell.

>>

>>Jim.

>>

>>--- On Wed, 25/8/10, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:

>>

>>They are a truly horrific concoction though.

>>>

>>>

>>>----- Original Message -----

>>>>From: Jim Harper

>>>>Sent: 08/25/10 11:13 AM

>>>>To: A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)

>>>>Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>>>>

>>>>Linkin Park are quite obviously not a Killing Joke rip-off. I can't see

>>>> much of

>>>>the Joke in their bland nu-metal.

>>>>

>>>>Jim.

>>>>

>>>>--- On Wed, 25/8/10, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>

>>>>>Subject: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>>>>>To: "Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers" <gathering at misera.net>

>>>>>Date: Wednesday, 25 August, 2010, 10:50

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>How does it go?  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?  Now all

>>>>> them

>>>>>little Linkin Park consumers will find out on the global grapevine

>>>>> web, about

>>>>>Killing Joke.  Heavens Mummy!  Who are they?  Are there trees and

>>>>> animals in the

>>>>>Ladbroke Grove?  What kind of computer does this Geordie programme to

>>>>> get that

>>>>>sound?

>>>>>

>>>>>Viral conquest.  The Joke are so significant they end up getting

>>>>> ripped off like

>>>>>this.  Like the Beatles, the Stones...

>>>>>

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>>Here is the real joke:

>>>>> 

>>>>>What do you call a good Linkin Park album?

>>>>> 

>>>>>== A Killing Joke rip off!

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> 

>>>>>

>>>>>> CC: gathering at misera.net

>>>>>> From: wessidetempest at hotmail.com

>>>>>> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:31 -0400

>>>>>> To: gathering at misera.net

>>>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

>>>>>>

>>>>>> They call it an homage. ;). I'm still miffed they can draw that

>>>>>> amount if

>>>>>>people. I guess the state of popular music is worse than I thought.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> On Aug 24, 2010, at 7:48 PM, "Karen Weil" <karen.weil at sddt.com>

>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> > Obviously, they're not at all influenced by KJ ...

>>>>>> > (I wonder if they even know anything about the band.)

>>>>>> > Good grief.

>>>>>> >

>>>>>> > k.w.

>>>>>> > Calif.

>>>>>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Smith"

>>>>><vassifer at earthlink.net>

>>>>>> > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

>>>>><gathering at misera.net>

>>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:37 PM

>>>>>> > Subject: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

>>>>>> >

>>>>>> >

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >> So, I'm doing my usual freelance writing for THE NEW YORKER this

>>>>>> week and

>>>>>>one of the upcoming shows I'm assigned to write about is Linkin

>>>>>> Park's gig at

>>>>>>the noxious Nokia theatre on Times Square. In doing my research, I

>>>>>> learn that

>>>>>>the band has a new album slated for release. Not exactly shocking.

>>>>>> The title? A

>>>>>>THOUSAND SUNS. Sound a bit familiar.

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >> Oh, and the title of the first track on the album? "The Requiem."

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >> I'm not making this up.

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >> Alex in NYC

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